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president barack obama has met his national security advisors to review what is described as a range of options and the secretary of defense hagel says that the military is ready to act and in a phone call with david cameron of britain, both leaders agreed that the use of chemical weapons would require a serious response and the secretary of state, john kerry, called other nations rallying support. and the syrian foreign minister had been called by secretary of state kerry who asked for u.n. inspectors to be allowed access to the site. more now from washington. >> reporter: the national security officials met president barack obama at the white house to discuss what to do about this. the sounds of grief, the pictures of tragedy, bodies of children and some adults, victims of what appears to be a chemical weapons attack on the outskirts of damascus and doctors without borders says that three hospitals reported receiving 3600 patients, 355 died. >> pinpoint pupils, excess saliva, respiratory distress, and convulses pointing to the use of a neuro toxic agent. >> reporter: the coalition
president barack obama has met his national security advisors to review what is described as a range of options and the secretary of defense hagel says that the military is ready to act and in a phone call with david cameron of britain, both leaders agreed that the use of chemical weapons would require a serious response and the secretary of state, john kerry, called other nations rallying support. and the syrian foreign minister had been called by secretary of state kerry who asked for u.n....
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. >> what we have seen with obama, this is the line i came up with, i think president obama acts like an executive. he has really pushed a lot of the war and expanded a lot of the global war on terror that has done it through secret operations. a little bit under a year and a half, and it is a notification to congress, yes, we are doing counterterrorism activity. and then nothing else. these are complicated partnerships and almost secret wars conducted entirely at the classification level. obama has done a lot of that and does not really talk about it erie it he has chosen to wage war in secret. the thing about doing these things under so much secrecy is that, just as you can expand, you can also take it away and not have much of a debate, either. a lot of trust right now in the executive ranch, and maybe there has to be. i am not saying i know the answer here. the way that obama has approached this is he has done quite a bit in a lot of these places, including somalia. he has made it appear the war is winding down. the question is, will that translates into winding down secret operat
. >> what we have seen with obama, this is the line i came up with, i think president obama acts like an executive. he has really pushed a lot of the war and expanded a lot of the global war on terror that has done it through secret operations. a little bit under a year and a half, and it is a notification to congress, yes, we are doing counterterrorism activity. and then nothing else. these are complicated partnerships and almost secret wars conducted entirely at the classification...
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president barack obama said himself recently the n.s.a. is in place to protect american security and target only potential terrorists what we do with it or some mechanisms where we can track a full member or e-mail address that we know is connected to. now it's unclear how spying on the united nations and international partners coincides with america's war on terror if anything what many critics are saying is that what may come out of the n.s.a. is world wide surveillance is a loss in confidence and reliability in the united states because you have to think about it if you have a friend that you trust to find out is always spying on you is listening to what you're saying is watching what you're doing is reading what you're typing does that relationship still stay strong and not as a question that is clearly coming to light not only following this report but those questions have been coming to light over the past months ever since edward snowden blew the whistle on n.s.a. spying programs. artie's more important than i will prior to this the
president barack obama said himself recently the n.s.a. is in place to protect american security and target only potential terrorists what we do with it or some mechanisms where we can track a full member or e-mail address that we know is connected to. now it's unclear how spying on the united nations and international partners coincides with america's war on terror if anything what many critics are saying is that what may come out of the n.s.a. is world wide surveillance is a loss in...
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long term ago obama obama said several times that these of. syria are numbered so i believe that america intervening directly on syria until now but i wouldn't be surprised if they actually. send their own brawlers or their own warplanes or encourage israeli to intervene we don't know. but these are you that this is a yes it was a bunch of that you know you mentioned it's still quite significant because when you an ounce of your support for one warring party fairly early in the conflict you change the balance of power and you give go had to your allies in the region to provide weapons so i think i would take an issue with your claim that america is intervening directly because we know that america's role in america stance in the syrian conflict is quite significant and i would have been argue that it is the main reason why the death toll in syria has been so high yes it is you know it is so high simply because the american. look at the middle east through the arms of those that are really be one to be the only superpower with nuclear weapons a
long term ago obama obama said several times that these of. syria are numbered so i believe that america intervening directly on syria until now but i wouldn't be surprised if they actually. send their own brawlers or their own warplanes or encourage israeli to intervene we don't know. but these are you that this is a yes it was a bunch of that you know you mentioned it's still quite significant because when you an ounce of your support for one warring party fairly early in the conflict you...
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defense minister says that they're ready to act ton barack obama's orders. >> barack obama has asked the defense department to prepare options for all contingencies. we have done that. again, we are prepared to exercise whatever option if he decides to employ one of those options. >> obama has said any use of chemical weapons in syria would constitute the crossing of a redline. but washington says it still needs proof chemical weapons were used in this recent attack. evidence is strong from pictures and testimonies from witnesses. now the organization doctors without borders say hospitals hs it supports in damascus treated many patients with neuro toxic symptoms on the night of the alleged attack. the aid group says 355 of those people died. >> pinpoint pupils, access saliva, respiratory distress, convulsions, all that point towards the use of a neuro toxic agent. >> during a phone call on saturday, british prime minister david cameron and u.s. president agreed that the suspected attack by the saad syed government merit as serious response. u.s. secretary of state john kerry has been
defense minister says that they're ready to act ton barack obama's orders. >> barack obama has asked the defense department to prepare options for all contingencies. we have done that. again, we are prepared to exercise whatever option if he decides to employ one of those options. >> obama has said any use of chemical weapons in syria would constitute the crossing of a redline. but washington says it still needs proof chemical weapons were used in this recent attack. evidence is...
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barack obama met with security officials to consider what's described as a range of options. defense secretary says that the military is ready to act on the president's orders. secretary of state john kerry called his counterparts in saudi arabia, jordon and turkey rallying support to put pressure on the syrian government. kerry called syrian foreign minister the day after the alleged attack asking for u.n. investigators to have full access to the site. so far, the syrian government has not allowed investigators to that site. al jazeera's jane mazer outlines what's going on in president. >> national security officials met barack obama at the white house to discuss what to do about this. the sounds of grief. the pictures of tragedy. bodies of children and some adults, victims of what appears to be a chemical weapons attack on the outskirts of damascus. doctors without borders says three hospitals in the area reported receiving 3600 patients, 355 died. >> pinpoint pupils, access saliva, respiratory distress, convulsions, all points toward the use of a neuro toxic agent. >> in i
barack obama met with security officials to consider what's described as a range of options. defense secretary says that the military is ready to act on the president's orders. secretary of state john kerry called his counterparts in saudi arabia, jordon and turkey rallying support to put pressure on the syrian government. kerry called syrian foreign minister the day after the alleged attack asking for u.n. investigators to have full access to the site. so far, the syrian government has not...
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we are back at debt ceiling and budget deal, wrapped together with obama sitting there, and obama doesn't care about the substance of any of this, he cares about the politics. if he can find a way to screw over the g.o.p., to cost them the house of representatives, he would consider his second-term a total success. >> gregg: the other thing and pat i want to get your reaction. a soundbite of tom coburn, a highly respected member of the united states senate and he is talking about impeachment which always hurts republicans. here he is. >> you have to establish the criteria that would qualify for proceedings against the president. that is called impeachment. but that is not something you take lightly and you have to use an historical precedent of what it means. i think there is violation of law in this administration but i think there is also a ton of incompetence, of people who are making decisions. >> gregg: he could be telling the truth but it is self destruct. >> my god, this is, this is not only self destruct but mental self abuse by people on the right indulging themselves in this. th
we are back at debt ceiling and budget deal, wrapped together with obama sitting there, and obama doesn't care about the substance of any of this, he cares about the politics. if he can find a way to screw over the g.o.p., to cost them the house of representatives, he would consider his second-term a total success. >> gregg: the other thing and pat i want to get your reaction. a soundbite of tom coburn, a highly respected member of the united states senate and he is talking about...